The emergence of a synthetic theory of intron evolution

Genetica

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 117-121

  De Souza, Sandro J ^a  

^a LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intron evolution; Introns early; Introns late; Module

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038306163     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024193323397     Document Type: Review

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